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OF THE 



STATE OF LOUISIANA 




PUBLISHED BY THE 

Board of Cominissioners 

for the Protection of 

Birds, Game and 

Fish 

ISEW ORLEANS 

19 10 

BRANDAO PTG. CO. ifSJ^^^V :.i':^"^0 NEW ORLEANS. 






ACT NO. 259. 



^ For the protection of game birds, their nests 
' and eggs; to define what species of birds 

are game birds; to make game birds the 
property of the State; to authorize the 
issuance of Hcenses to hunt and kill same; 
to provide the manner in which game 
birds may be killed; to limit the number 
of each species of game birds that may be 
killed; to fix the seasons in which game 
birds may be killed ; to regulate the trans- 
portation, shipping and carrying of game 
birds from within the State; to provide 
for the establishment of game preserves ; 
to regulate the propagation of game birds 
and to provide for punishment of viola- 
tions of this Act. 
Section i. Be it enacted by the General 
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That all 
wild game birds, both resident and migratory 
found in this State, are hereby declared to be 
the property of the State. And no person 
«hall at any time or in any manner acquire any 
property in or subject to his dominion or con- 
trol, any of the game birds or any part thereof 
of the species herein mentioned except as here- 
inafter permitted. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
the following only shall be considered game 
birds: Wild Geese, Brant, Wild Sea and River 
Ducks, Wood Ducks, Grosbecks, Rails, (Mud 
Hens), Coots (Poule D'eau), GalHnules, 

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Snipe, Woodcock, Sandpipers (Cherooks and 
Papabotte), Tattlers, Curlews, Plover, Wild 
Turkeys, imported Pheasants and Partridges, 
Grouse, Prairie Chickens, Quail, Doves, 
Robins and red-winged Blackbirds. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to kill, 
snare, trap or in any way take, capture, annoy 
or destroy, any of the following named game 
birds during the close season noted herein: 
Doves, Wood Ducks, from March ist to Sep- 
tember 1st; Geese, Brant, Wild Sea and River 
Ducks, Rails (Mud Hens), Coots (Poule 
D'eau), Gallinules, Tattlers, Curlew and Plo- 
ver, from March 15th to October ist; Wild 
Turkey cocks from April 15th to November 
1st, Quail (Bob White) and red-winged Black- 
birds and Robins from March 15th to Novem- 
ber 15th, blue-winged Teal, Snipe and Sand 
Pipers from April ist to September 15th, 
Florida Ducks, Commonly called Black Mal- 
lards, from March ist to August ist; Papa- 
botte, or Upland Plover, Grosbecks and Che- 
rooks, from April ist to July ist; Woodcock, 
from March ist to December 31st. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
Prairie Chickens Kill-deer, Pheasants, (im- 
ported or native), Hungarian Partridges and 
Wild Turkey hens, shall not be killed, nor had 
in possession at any time until December ist, 
1915, nor thereafter except from November 
1st to December 31st, of any year. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to kill or 
destroy more than one Wild Turkey cock, 
twenty-five Ducks, Poule D'eau, or fifteen of 
any other game birds, in any one day during 

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the open season named herein; except that a 
duly Hcensed market hunter shall be permitted 
to kill as many as twenty-five ducks each day; 
nor shall any hunting be done between the 
hours of one hour after sunset and one hour 
before sunrise. 

Skc. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to take, 
destroy or attempt to take or destroy, the nest 
or eggs of any of the birds protected by law, 
unless it be done by order of the Board of 
Commissioners for the Protection of Birds, 
Game and Fish for purposes of restocking, 
breeding and propagation, provided that no 
person shall invade or go upon private en- 
closures for the purpose of gathering eggs, 
even by order of said board, when the owner 
or keeper of such enclosure objects thereto. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful to kill any of the birds 
named in this Act in the open seasons noted 
herein by any means other than by an ordin- 
ary gun capable of being held to and shot 
from the shoulder. 

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or 
corporation, to sell, offer for sale, or have 
in possession for sale, any game bird dead 
or alive, after the first day of March of any 
year and until the opening dates of the fall 
season, as well as during the close seasons 
noted herein except as otherwise permitted. 

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or 
corporation, to sell, exchange, expose, offer 
for sale or exchange, have in possession, or 
keep in cold storage either for himself or 



others, any game birds mentioned in this Act, 
during the close seasons noted herein, irre- 
spective of the time when or place where such 
birds were killed or captured, except as other- 
wise permitted. 

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
all game birds propagated and maintained in 
confinement shall be the property of the per- 
son so * propagating and maintaining them ; 
provided, that they shall not be sold during 
the closed season for similar wild birds." 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or 
corporation or common carrier, its officers, 
agents or servants, to ship, carry, take or 
transport beyond the confines of the State, any 
game birds noted herein, except as permitted 
by law, or regulation of the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Protection of Birds, Game 
and Fish. Each non-resident hunter may 
carry or ship home under his license, or as 
baggage if exposed to view, not more than one 
turkey cock, twenty-five ducks, snipe or rail, 
or fifteen of any other game birds. 

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful to ship, carry, transport, or 
offer for shipment, within the State, any pack- 
age or barrel containing dead game birds, un- 
less said package or barrel is plainly and 
clearly marked with the names of the con- 
signor and consignee, with an itemized state- 
ment of the numbers of birds and names of 
the species contained therein, and shall have 
attached thereto the market hunter's daily 
license tags provided by the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Protection of Birds, Game 
and Fish for that purpose, except in the event 

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of a resident hunter shipping his own kill to a 
friend or to himself, in which event no tag 
is required. 

The amount of birds in any package or bar- 
rel must correspond with the numbers of the 
birds killed as noted on the tags aforesaid. 
All packages and barrels shall be so con- 
structed as to readily permit an examination 
of the contents. Any package or barrel, other- 
wise shipped, carried or offered for shipment, 
may be confiscated together with the contents 
thereof, by any warden or authorized officer. 

Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
no wild game bird of any species from without 
the State shall be liberated within the State, 
except upon written consent of the Director 
of the Experimental Station. 

Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person, during 
the game breeding season, to-wit, between the 
first day of March and the first day of Octo- 
ber of any year, to set fire to any wild wood 
land, marsh land, or prairie land. 

Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to kill, pur- 
sue, take, snare, have in possession, or injure 
by any means, upon the land or water of any 
game or fish preserve in any parish of the 
State, whether enclosed or unenclosed, that 
may be designated and set apart by the Board 
of Commissioners for the Protection of Birds, 
Game and Fish as game and fish propagating 
and breeding grounds, any wild birds pro- 
tected at any time by law, except under regu- 
lations of the Board of Commissioners for the 
Protection of Birds, Game and Fish. 

The killing or having in possession of each 

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such protected game birds shall constitute 
separate offense. 

Skc. i6. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
nothing in this Act shall be construed to give 
the holder of a hunting license permission to 
hunt on the enclosed, cultivated, or pasture 
lands of another person without the written 
consent of said owner. 

Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any resident to hunt 
game birds within the State on other than 
lands which he owns, leases, or rents unless he 
has in his possession, the hunting license pro- 
vided by law, and shall exhibit same on de- 
mand of any warden or officer, and any hunter 
selling more than five game birds in any one 
day shall be considered a market hunter and 
pay for a license as such. 

Skc. 18. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful for any non-resident, or 
unnaturalized foreign-born resident, (except 
when an unnaturalized person resides on his 
own property) to hunt game birds within the 
State, unless he has in his possession, the hunt- 
ing license provided by law for such persons, 
and shall exhibit same on demand of any war- 
den or officer, and, no non-resident shall be 
allowed to sell any game killed by him. 

Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any resident, to hunt 
game birds, within the State, for profit either 
to himself or others unless he is the owner of 
the hunter's license provided by law for such 
persons, and shall exhibit same on demand 
of any warden or officer. 

Every hunter designated herein shall be pro- 
vided by the Board of Commissioners for the 



Protection of Birds, Game and Fish, with 
necessary license tags, in order that said tags 
may be attached to all shipments of birds. 

Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
any person, firm, corporation, or common car- 
rier, their agents, and officers violating any 
of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on convic- 
tion thereof, pay the costs of the prosecution 
and be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) 
nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) 
or be imprisoned in the parish jail for not less 
than one (i) day, nor more than sixty (60) 
days, or both fine and imprisonment at the dis- 
cretion of the court for each offense. In addi- 
tion thereto the holder of a hunting license 
found guilty of violating any of the provisions- 
of this Act before a competent court, shall 
forfeit said license and all further hunting 
privileges during the current season. 

Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
all fines collected under the provisions of this 
Act shall be paid to the Treasurer of the 
School Funds for the use of the public schools 
of the parish in which the violation occurred ; 
the sheriff to receive ten per cent, for the col- 
lection of said fines turned over to the Treas- 
urer, j 

Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed and 
superseded. 



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ACT NO. 142. 

For the protection of wild deer. To provide 
the manner in which said animals may be 
killed; to fix the seasons in which said 
animals may be killed; to authorize the 
issuance of licenses to hunt; to prohibit 
the burning of hunting lands, and to pro- 
vide for the punishment of violations of 
this Act. 
Section i. Be it enacted by the General 
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That all 
wild deer found in this State shall be and are 
hereby declared to be the property of the 
State. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
no person within the State of Louisiana, shall 
kill, catch, have in possession, or attempt to 
kill, catch or hold in possession, living or dead, 
any wild deer after same has been killed or 
caught, except as otherwise permitted. 

Sec 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to kill, 
catch, or injure, any doe or fawn at any 
time, or have the same in possession, except 
where they are kept on public or private pre- 
serves for purposes of propagation. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to kill, 
snare, trap, hunt with hounds, or in any way 
annoy or destroy any wild deer between the 
first day of January and the first day of Octo- 
ber of any year. 



No person shall kill more than two bucks in 
any one day during the open season, nor more 
than five bucks in any one season, nor shall 
any hunting party of more than three persons 
kill more than three bucks in any one day. 

Any person in possession of any carcass of 
a deer or any considerable portion of a carcass 
of a deer, shall at the same time have in his 
possession natural evidence of the sex of the 
same, and the absence of such natural evi- 
dence shall be prima facie evidence that the 
carcass is that of a female. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or 
kill wild deer between the hours of sunset and 
sunrise, or kill deer when in water, or when 
driven to the high land by overflow or high 
water at any time. 

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or 
kill wild deer with any gun, or other fire-arm 
with any device for deadening the sound of 
the explosion attached or fitted thereto, which 
device is commonly called a Silencer. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to snare, 
trap or capture wild deer, unless it be done by 
order of the Board of Commissioners for the 
Protection of Birds, Game and Fish for the 
purposes of restocking, breeding and propaga- 
tion. 

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc.. That it 
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor- 
poration to sell, exchange, expose, offer for 
sale or exchange, have in possession for sale, 
or keep in cold storage, either for himself or 
others, any deer or part thereof irrespective 



of the time when or place where such deer may- 
have been killed or caught. 

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, cor- 
poration, or common carrier, its officers, agents 
or servants, to ship, carry, take or transport 
beyond the confines of the State any deer ex- 
cept under regulations of the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Protection of Birds, Game 
and Fish. 

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful for any person to kill, pur- 
sue, take, snare, have in possession or injure 
by any means, upon the land or water of any 
game or fish preserve in any parish of the 
State, whether enclosed or unenclosed, that 
may be designated and set apart by the Board 
of Commissioners for the Protection of Birds. 
Game and Fish as game and fish propagating 
and breeding grounds any wild deer protected 
at any time by law, except under regulations 
of the Board of Commissioners for the Pro- 
tection of Birds, Game and Fish. The killing 
or having in possession of each such protected 
deer shall constitute a separate offense. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
all deer artificially propagated and maintained 
in confinement, shall be held in possession or 
for disposition under regulations of the Board 
of Commissioners for the Protection of Birds, 
Game and Fish. That all deer propagated and 
maintained in confinement, shall be the prop- 
erty of the person so propagating and main- 
taining them. 

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful for any resident to hunt 
wild deer within the State, unless he is the 



owner of the hunting Hcense provided by law 
and shall exhibit same on demand of any 
warden or officer. 

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
give the holder of a hunting license permis- 
sion to hunt on the enclosed, cultivated or 
pasture lands of another person, without the 
written consent of said owner. 

Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
it shall be unlawful for any non-resident, or 
unnaturalized foreign-born resident, to hunt 
wild deer within the State, unless he has in 
his possession the hunting license provided by 
law for such persons and shall exhibit same on 
demand of any warden or officer. 

All non-residents hunting wild deer in the 
State, shall feport in writing upon arrival in 
any parish to the local game warden of said 
parish. 

Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
any person, firm, corporation, or common car- 
rier, their agents and officers, violating any 
of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on convic- 
tion thereof, pay the costs of the prosecution 
and be fined not less than twenty-five dollars 
($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars 
($200.00) and may also be imprisoned in the 
parish jail for not less than one (i) day, nor 
more than six (6) months, or both fine and 
imprisonment at the discretion of the court. 
for each offense. 

Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
all fines collected under the provisions of this 
Act shall be paid to the treasurer of the school 
funds for the use of the public schools of the 
parish in which the violation occurred ; the 



sheriff to receive ten cents for the collection 
of said fine* turned over to the treasurer. 

Sec 1 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
all laws or parts of lav^^s in conflict v^ith the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed and 
superseded. 



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ACT 198 of 1906. 

For the protection of birds, other than game 
birds, and their nests and eggs ; specifying 
which species are non-game birds; pro- 
hibiting trespass on bird breeding island; 
prohibiting trapping; providing that such 
birds may be killed under certain con- 
ditions; providing for the punishment of 
violators thereof, and the dispositions of 
all fines. 
Section i. Be it enacted by the General 
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That all 
wild birds, other than game birds, both resi- 
dent and migratory, in this State, shall be, and 
are hereby declared to be, the property of the 
State. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
for the purpose of this Act, the following shall 
be considered game birds: Geese, brant, wild 
ducks, wood ducks, rails (mud hens), coots 
(poule d'eau), gallinules, snipe, woodcock, 
sand pipers, chorooks and papabottes, tattlers, 
curlew, plover, wild turkey, imported pheas- 
ants, grouse (pheasants), prairie chickens, 
sand hill cranes, ortolans or cedar birds, quail 
and doves. All other species of wild resident 
and migratory birds shall be considered non- 
game birds. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.. That it 
shall be unlawful within the State of Louisi- 

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ana, to kill, catch or have in possession, liv- 
ing or dead, any resident or migratory wild 
bird other than a game bird, or purchase, offer, 
or expose for sale any such v^rild non-game 
bird, after it has been killed or caught, except 
as permitted by this Act. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
no part of the plumage, skin or body of any 
bird, protected by this Act, shall be sold or 
had in possession for sale, irrespective of the 
time when, or the place where, such bird may 
have been killed or caught. 

Se:c. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful for any person within the 
State of Louisiana, to take or destroy, or at- 
tempt to take or destroy the nest or the eggs 
of any wild birds other than a game bird, or 
have such nest or eggs in his or their posses- 
sion, except as permitted by this Act. 

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
any person or society organized under the 
laws of this State, desiring to prevent tres- 
pass upon any land, inclosed or otherwise, or 
upon any island within the boundaries of the 
State of Louisiana, dedicated to the purpose 
of breeding and protecting birds protected by 
this Act, shall post same with suitable signs 
located not less than every lineal one-half mile 
along the boundary lines of said lands or 
island ; and it shall be unlawful for any person 
to trespass upon any such land or island. Any 
person or persons found so doing, may be 
arrested on sight by any warden or other offi- 
cer, authorized by law. In the event of a con- 
viction, said person or persons shall each be 
fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00), nor 
more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), or be 

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imprisoned in the parish jail for not less than 
ten (lo) days, nor more than thirty (30) days, 
or to be both fined and imprisoned, and shall 
further be liable to the penalties imposed by 
law for the killing of birds or game, or the 
taking, or attempting to take of eggs, or dis- 
turbing nest. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
it shall be unlawful for any person, within the 
State of Louisiana, at any time, to use or set 
a trap, cage, net or other device for the pur- 
pose of catching wild birds. Any person or 
persons, found so doing, may be arrested on 
sight, by any warden or other officer, author- 
ized by law. In the event of a conviction, 
said person or persons, shall each be fined not 
less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than 
ten dollars ($10.00), or be imprisoned in the 
parish jail for not less than five (5) days, 
nor more than ten (10) days, or be both fined 
and imprisoned. All wardens or other officers 
are hereby given authority to confiscate all 
traps, cages, nets or other devices, which they 
may find set or being used for the purpose of 
catching wild non-game birds, and it shall be 
the duty of said officers to liberate any birds 
found in possession, contrary to the provisions 
of this Act. 

This Act does not prevent any householder 
from keeping one resident and one migratory 
bird in a cage as a pet, provided it is not kept 
for sale, and that it shall not be shipped be- 
yond the confines of the State. 

Skc. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That it 
shall be unlawful for any person or persons or 
any corporation acting as a common carrier, 
its officers, agents or servants to receive for 

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shipment, ship, carry, take or transport, either 
within or beyond the confines of the State, any 
resident or migratory wild non-game bird, ex- 
cept as permitted by this Act. 

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
certificates may be granted by the Secretary 
of State to any properly accredited person of 
the age of fifteen years and upwards, permit- 
ting the holder to collect birds, their nests or 
eggs, for strictly scientific purposes only. In 
order to obtain such certificate, the applicant 
for same must present to the Secretary of 
State endorsements from two well known orni- 
thologists, one of whom shall be a resident of 
the State, certifying to the good character and 
fitness of said applicant to be entrusted with 
such privilege, and must pay to said officer one 
dollar ($1.00) to defray the necessary ex- 
pense attending the granting of such certifi- 
cate. 

On proof that the holder of such certificate 
has captured or killed any bird, or taken the 
nest or eggs of any bird, for other than scien- 
tific purposes, the certificate shall become void, 
and he shall he. liable to a fine of not less than 
fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than one hun- 
dred dollars ($100.00), or imprisonment for 
not less than ten (10) days, or more than 
thirty (30) days, or both fine and imprison- 
ment. 

Sdc 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
the certificates authorized by this Act, shall 
expire on the 31st day of December, of the 
year issued, and shall not be transferable, and 
may be withheld or canceled at the discretion 
of the Secretary of State. 

A statement showing the particulars regard- 

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ing the issuance of such certificate, shall be 
immediately forwarded by the Secretary of 
State to the "Board of Commissioners for the 
protection of Birds, Game and Fish." 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
the English sparrow, cooper's hawk, duck 
hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, and great horned 
owl, are not included among the birds pro- 
tected by this Act. 

This Act does not prevent any person from 
killing crows, crow blackbirds, or red-winged 
blackbirds, on his premises, if destructive to 
crops, provided that said birds are not sold or 
offered for sale or shipped out of the State; 
nor does it prevent the killing of kingfishers 
found nesting in the levees of the State, pro- 
vided said birds are not afterwards sold or 
offered for sale or shipped out of the State. 

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
any person, violating any of the provisions of 
this Act, except Sections 6, 7 and 9, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to 
a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00), nor 
more than ten dollars ($10.00), or to be im- 
prisoned in the parish jail for not less than 
five (5) days, nor more than ten (10) days, 
or be both fined and imprisoned for each bird, 
living or dead, or part of a bird, or nest, or set 
of eggs, or part thereof, taken, killed, cap- 
tured, possessed, sold, offered for sale, shipped, 
carried or transported in violation of this Act. 

Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
all fines collected under the provisions of this 
Act, shall be payable to the State Treasurer, 
for the use of the "Board of Commissioners 
for the protection of Birds, Game and Fish," 
of this State, except that any person furnish- 



ing to the game wardens or other officers, 
authorized under the laws of the State to in- 
stitute a prosecution, sufficient evidence to 
convict any person or persons, or corporations, 
for violations of the provisions of this Act, 
shall receive, in case of a conviction, fifty per 
cent. (so%) of the fine collected, the same to 
be paid by a warrant, issued by the "Board of 
Commissioners for the Protection of Birds, 
Game and Fish." 

Sdc. 14. Be it further enacted, etc., That 
the State and Parish Board of Public Educa- 
tion are directed to provide for the celebra- 
ton, by all public schools, of "Bird Day," on 
May fifth of each year, being the anniversary 
of the birth of John James Audubon, the dis- 
tinguished son of Louisiana. 

On the recurring anniversary days, suitable 
exercises are to be engaged in, and lessons on 
the economic and esthetic value of the resident 
and migratory birds of the State are to be 
taught, by the teachers, to their pupils. 

Skc. 15. Be it further enacted, etc.. That 
all the Acts or parts of Acts hereunto incon- 
sistent with or contrary to the provisions of 
this Act are hereby repealed. 



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